Tree Streets Historic District
437 Walnut Ave
Winston House, Ca. 1910
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?A school for young ladies stood at Wayne and Eleventh
From the National Register nomination
Two-story frame Foursquare-form house with weatherboard siding and an asphalt-shingled hip roof with a front hipped dormer and side gables with sawtooth wood-shingle sheathing and three-part windows. The one-story wraparound porch has clustered slender classical wood columns and turned balusters. Other features include a front entry with transom and sidelights, 4n interior brick chimney and interior brick flue, 1/1 windows (6/6 in the dormer), and a two-story ell With a two-tier side porch combining chamfered posts, rectangular-section balusters, and beaded matchboard enclosure. A high poured-concrete retaining wall extends across the front of the lot. The original owner of this house was apparently Elizabeth Guy Winston, who came to Waynesboro in 1887 " her husband Joseph Barbee Winston (died 1910), a former mayor of Louisa Court House. In 1888 Bettie Winston opened the Valley Seminary for young ladies at Wayne and Eleventh. Later occupants included Dr. Francis P. Floyd in 1935 and the Tichenours.
Information supplied by James K. Wright; Hawke, History of Waynesboro, 145.
Also on the lot
- Play house, Late 20th c. (noncontributing)
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People
- Elizabeth Guy Winston original owner in 1887 (came to Waynesboro in 1887)
- Joseph Barbee Winston original owner in 1910 (died 1910, former mayor of Louisa Court House)
- Bettie Winston owner in 1888 (opened the Valley Seminary for young ladies at Wayne and Eleventh)
- Dr. Francis P. Floyd lived here in 1935 (Later occupants included Dr. Francis P. Floyd in 1935)
- Tichenours lived here (Later occupants included Dr. Francis P. Floyd in 1935 and the Tichenours.)
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